Classroom Research in Second Language Acquisition

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ID23645402
AuthorsJoan Kelly Hall (0000-0002-6411-2517), D Kay Johnston, DUFF JOHNSTON
Year2026
Pages1-7
Publication date2026-04-10
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0137
OpenAlexW1560067675
ISBN9781405198431
LanguageEN
References cited15

A sociocultural perspective of language and learning has had a major impact on classroom research on second language acquisition (SLA) over the last two decades. This perspective considers language to be a fundamentally social phenomenon, comprised of linguistic resources whose meanings are both embodied in and constitutive of everyday communication. Language learning is viewed as a collaborative process that begins in our regularly occurring communicative activities. Through repeated experience and the guidance of more capable others, individuals acquire not only the grammatical, lexical, and other communicative resources essential to full participation, but also the communicative intentions and specific perspectives on the world that are embedded in these resources.

Comprehension approach · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Language acquisition · Language education · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical) · Phenomenon · Process (computing) · Second-language acquisition · Sociocultural evolution · Sociocultural perspective · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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